1. the culture of "Giving Back"
2. Should Learned People like KALAM only be allowed to input their services in their respective expertise domains ??
3. Narmada Issue
4. Need of more IITs and IIMs ??
5. Reservation.....what else.....
6. ETHICS and Business
7. Should EQ (Emotional Quotient) be a criterion while judging any candidate for job ?
8. Origin of Life……
9. Was Ban on Mumbai Dance Bars valid ??
10. Politics and Cleanliness.....
11. Cheap China made products- how and why - and what are it's effects ?
12. Multiplex culture - cause of it's growth and it's future …..
13. Retail malls - effect on local distributors and middlemen
14. young BPO workers are continously movnig towards the world of DRUGS, CRIME & PROMISCUITY
15. why has not a INDIAN movie been able to grab an OSCAR till date ?? …even when INDIA is the largest producer of films world-wide
16. why was "Existence of GOD" brought into Existence ??
17. The 1 Lakh priced TATA Car
18. To what extent is "Re-INVENTENING the WHEEL" proverb works/helps in Entrepreneurship ??
why do "Green Revolution" & "Malnutrition" co-exist in INDIA ?
The Green Revolution increased India’s food production so as to achieve a level of self-sufficiency. What then has gone wrong at the policy level that even after six decades of Independence malnutrition is higher in India than that in sub-Saharan Africa?
Answer:
I would not agree that India is “self-sufficient” in food production. It looks self-sufficient only because food intake is abysmally low, not only in terms of quantity but also in terms of quality. For Indians to eat like the Chinese, let alone the French or the Italians, there will have to be a lot more food around. Having said this, low food production is not the main issue, and food production itself would easily go up if there were enough purchasing power among the masses. The main issue is people’s inability to secure essential things that are required for good nutrition. These include not only food but also other inputs such as clean water, health care, sanitation, basic education and child care. All these fields of public policy have been grossly neglected for a long time.
- Jean Dreze
Answer:
I would not agree that India is “self-sufficient” in food production. It looks self-sufficient only because food intake is abysmally low, not only in terms of quantity but also in terms of quality. For Indians to eat like the Chinese, let alone the French or the Italians, there will have to be a lot more food around. Having said this, low food production is not the main issue, and food production itself would easily go up if there were enough purchasing power among the masses. The main issue is people’s inability to secure essential things that are required for good nutrition. These include not only food but also other inputs such as clean water, health care, sanitation, basic education and child care. All these fields of public policy have been grossly neglected for a long time.
- Jean Dreze
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